Hi! Wow, Daytona Beach! The weather was beautiful and all the bikes looked great. When we first got to Daytona Beach we decided to attack the beach and pay the $5 dollars to put the pick up truck on the beach and ride on 6 miles of white sand against the salt water. That was neat! What put a real kink in my sand riding adventure was that no dogs are allowed to touch the sand. City ordinance says no dogs on beach So after exiting the beach we went looking for where all the bikes were hanging out. I had no idea where the “Bike Week” gang of Daytona Beach were hanging out. But it didn’t take long to ride up Atlantic Avenue to find Main Street. That’s where Bike Week is….on Main Street. And a small street it is and I was surprised to see that cars can drive up and down that street along with the bikes. I was expecting the street to be blocked from cars going thru like Laconia’s Bike Week is in New Hampshire. And I was surprised to see a lot less bikes than Laconia’s Bike Week too. There wasn’t many people or bikes at all. Plenty of room to walk the sidewalk, plenty of time to cross between traffic. Daytona was nice, don’t get me wrong, but nothing really to brag about. Maybe if I got drunk and waited for night fall I might have a different impression, but New Hampshire’s Bike Week in Laconia is a lot better in my opinion.
We spent a good part of the day there and Jake went too! Ohhhh, don’t get me started….I put his pleather jacket on him – Harley Davidson embroidered – and everyone at Bike Week just loved him to pieces. He got his picture taken from at least 8 or 9 people and one guy tried to take a picture with his camera while holding a cup of beer. My mom took the cup of beer from the guy so he can manage operation of his camera. It was a riot! Jake was an absolute hit there. A biker chick ran after us to give Jake a scarf to put around his neck. And yes, right now, at 8:30pm he’s out cold in his bed dreaming about all the biker chicks that gave him so much loving today! An amazing, fun day!
So, we got home (managed thru 5 o’clock Orlando I-4 highway rush hour) and we are staying home tonight watching American Idol. I’m trying to think of anything else that happened today, but that was it. Well, that’s it for now. Have a great night!